Magritte, Renoir. Surrealism in the Sun.
NMR| N° d'inventaire | 23398 |
| Format | 18 x 25 |
| Détails | 176 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782711878659 |
From the beginning of the Second World War, René Magritte (1898-1967), struck by the similarity of the European climate under the Nazi yoke with what surrealism expressed, took stock of his work and reconsidered the founding values of the surrealist movement.
For him, opposing joy and the promise of happiness to the despair of the Nazis is the only way to "transform the world" to quote André Breton.
Impressionism, which celebrates the joy of living, inspires him. From Auguste Renoir, he borrows his iconography and technique, opening the chapter of a new style, called "Renoir," a "surrealism in full sunlight."
The catalogue opens with well-known paintings from the 1930s, expressions of Magritte's concern about the warning signs of the coming catastrophe.
Then the paintings from his "Renoir" period are compared with works by the Impressionist master and artists of his time such as Picabia but also more recent ones like Jeff Koons, revealing a possible posterity of his solar style.
From the beginning of the Second World War, René Magritte (1898-1967), struck by the similarity of the European climate under the Nazi yoke with what surrealism expressed, took stock of his work and reconsidered the founding values of the surrealist movement.
For him, opposing joy and the promise of happiness to the despair of the Nazis is the only way to "transform the world" to quote André Breton.
Impressionism, which celebrates the joy of living, inspires him. From Auguste Renoir, he borrows his iconography and technique, opening the chapter of a new style, called "Renoir," a "surrealism in full sunlight."
The catalogue opens with well-known paintings from the 1930s, expressions of Magritte's concern about the warning signs of the coming catastrophe.
Then the paintings from his "Renoir" period are compared with works by the Impressionist master and artists of his time such as Picabia but also more recent ones like Jeff Koons, revealing a possible posterity of his solar style.